Gulf deal-making spree also benefited Elon Musk and his family

President Donald Trump’s recent trip to the Persian Gulf was notable for the ways that US foreign policy overlapped with his family’s business interests. But another powerful White House figure also cut lucrative deals in the region last week: Elon Musk.

Tagging along on Trump’s state visit to Saudi Arabia last week, Musk, the world’s wealthiest man, announced that his company SpaceX had secured approval to provide its Starlink satellite internet services to companies there.

As Trump carried on to Abu Dhabi, where the financial district’s towers were…